PLATE CVII. 



A very elegant species of the Papilio tribe, one of the family of 

 Nymphales Phaleraii in the Linnaean arrangement, and of the 

 Nymphales in that of Fabricius. The figures given in the annexed 

 plate, and which exhibit as well the upper as the lower surface, are 

 taken from a specimen in the cabinet of the late Sir Joseph Banks. 

 There was another example of this insect in the cabinet of Mr. Drury, 

 and it was also known to the German naturalist Cramer, who has 

 described it under the name of Papilio Zingha. 



Papilio Berenice is an insect of moderate magnitude; the general 

 colour above is dark brown, with a broad common band of rufous 

 orange across the middle, and a row of reddish dots, disposed in 

 pairs, and forming an elegant series along the dark posterior limb of 

 the lower wings. The under surface is no less elegant, the ground 

 colour consisting of large distinct patches of brown, red and black, 

 the lighter spaces of which are diversified with black dots, and the 

 black with spots and dashes of white or pale red. 



This curious butterfly is very rare ; its native place is Sierra 

 Leone. From the MS. of Mr. Drury we learn that he received it 

 in the }^ar 1776, from Mr, Smeathman, by whom it had been found 

 in that part of Africa. 



